Integration & Launch

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Traditionally, CubeSats were considered low-priority and risky, and so were ejected last from the rocket as a safety precaution. This severely limited the orbits available to CubeSats. However, the thinking vis-à-vis CubeSats is now changing, as rockets are now willing to “drop off” CubeSats at low orbits before the primary payload is released. Why? Because carrying just 3 P-POD deployers (9 1U CubeSats) is worth $0.5M to the launch company. It’s good business for them.